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Is this asteroid the littlest planet? Some astronomers think so.

Although it's just 270 miles across — about as big as Alabama — the asteroid Hygeia has surprised astronomers by being round.

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Judge tosses out Trump's lawsuit to block House committee from getting his state taxes

Judge Carl Nichols of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that his court was not the proper jurisdiction to hear the case.

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Need a loan? There's a tech company for that.

Tech critics aren't keen on the idea, pointing to a history of using automated systems that end up discriminating against already-marginalized groups.

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Jailed Israeli-American in focus after court rules to extradite suspected Russian hacker

Israel's Supreme Court on Sunday approved Aleksey Burkov's extradition to the U.S. on suspicion of cyber crimes.

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Tree-planting campaigns are gaining momentum. But do they make a difference?

"Reforestation needs to be part of the solution if we're going to succeed, but we need to understand that trees everywhere isn't always a good thing," one researcher said.

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Tree-planting campaigns are gaining momentum. But do they make a difference?

"Reforestation needs to be part of the solution if we're going to succeed, but we need to understand that trees everywhere isn't always a good thing," one researcher said.

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Airport therapy pig helps others to fly at San Francisco airport

Pigs might not fly, but LiLou the therapy pig wants to make air travel less stressful.

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Trump to meet with vape industry, public health advocates before new rules

Facing pushback from some conservative allies, the president seems to be softening his desire for a crackdown on e-cigs.

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Turkey starts repatriating Western Islamic State militants

Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said his country is not "a hotel" for militants.

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Estudiantes marks roaring return to stadium with flaming lion

Estudiantes de La Plata inaugurated their redeveloped Jorge Luis Hirschi Stadium in the most eye-catching fashion on Friday.

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Key backer of Syria's White Helmets dies in Turkey

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his backers describe the emergency response group as tools of Western propaganda and Islamist-led insurgents.

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Here are the top highlights from transcripts released in the impeachment inquiry

First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.

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Longtime New York Republican Rep. Pete King announces retirement

King had served his Long Island congressional district since 1993.

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Australian state declares emergency, faces 'catastrophic' fire danger

"There are simply not enough fire trucks for every house," News South Wales said in a statement. "If you call for help, you may not get it."

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How a little-known GOP lawmaker became a point man in Trump's impeachment defense

In the transcripts made public, no Republican has spoken more than Rep. Lee Zeldin, who appears more than 550 times.

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Rising temperatures put U.S. troops at risk during training

By midcentury, troops could face an extra month of heat-index temperatures above 100 F every year, the Union of Concerned Scientists found.

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Bolivian president announces resignation amid accusations of election fraud

The head of the country's armed forces said the military had asked Bolivian President Evo Morales to step down in the wake of weeks of protests.

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Nikki Haley says Kelly, Tillerson tried to get her to resist Trump to 'save the country'

Haley said, the men "confided in me that when they resisted the president, they weren't being insubordinate, they were trying to save the country."

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Doctors, hospitals take up arms against Democrats' health care changes

The debate over various "Medicare for All" plans has gripped the presidential primary contest.

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Russian hacker to be extradited to U.S. from Israel, high court rules

Alexei Burkove was arrested in 2015 while visiting Israel and is wanted in the United States for suspicion of cyber crimes.

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Democrats push back on GOP efforts to have whistleblower, Hunter Biden testify

"I think the Republicans are making an issue of anything that they think will give them some gravitas," Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., told ABC.

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GOP Rep.: If 'murderers' and 'rapists' get due process, Trump should too

"There's a reason we let murderers and robbers and rapists go free when their due process rights have been violated," he said.

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Rep. Himes accuses Republicans of a false equivalency between Trump, Biden on Ukraine

"What the president did was wrong and impeachable," the Connecticut Democrat said in an exclusive interview with "Meet the Press."